What is the meaning of happiness?

Happiness refers to the psychological state of happiness, serenity, peace and satisfaction when people feel external things. Happiness is the ideal state when a person pursues his goal, and it is the passion of inner joy. Happiness is a person's satisfaction with his beautiful life again and again. Happiness is a continuous state.

Marx defined happiness.

Happiness refers to the psychological state of people when their truth is with themselves, including all real things, the truth of human nature, the lives of others and even the lives of animals. It is a state in which psychological desires are satisfied, a lasting satisfaction with life, and a happy mood in which life has great fun and natural hope for a long time.

Happiness is Eudemonia or happiness in English. The English word for "happiness theory" is Eudemonism, which has also been translated into "ethical theory" in western philosophy.

Connotation of happiness: On the positive side, it is happiness. Negative side, no pain.

What is happiness?

The key lies in everyone's attitude towards life. You think that doing your duty is a kind of happiness, and you have a happy experience of responsibility; If you think contentment is a kind of happiness, you will have a happy experience of contentment; If you think simplicity is a kind of happiness, you will have more happiness experiences than others. Some happiness comes from what others give you, such as respect and trust from others; Some happiness is what you give yourself, such as your affirmation, recognition and acceptance of yourself; Some happiness comes from what you give others, such as the help and happiness you give others. The "others" here can be relatives, friends, colleagues or strangers. So happiness itself is an experience, experience is a process, and the process is defined by time, and the time of a person's life is limited.

How many happy experiences can a person have in his life?

The key is whether you can treat the existence of life as a kind of happiness and cherish it; Is whether you can take bacon home as a kind of happiness, and then bear it calmly; It's whether you can take surpassing yourself as a kind of happiness and never give up. Happiness is not taking, not comparing, not escaping, not occupying the amount of material wealth, but giving and giving, which makes you feel that your life is useful and valuable, so that you will be happy.

The pursuit of happiness has existed since ancient times. People explore ways to maintain happiness through divination, blessing and other methods. After thousands of years of experience, different religious cultures have different methods. According to ancient folklore in China, women wear purple ice silver inlaid with blue velvet crystals, while men wear red bamboo and stone ornaments. Later, please ask the mage to add a seal to the seal book according to their birthdays:

Those born in March, April and May of the lunar calendar need to add "Wen Zhu Seal, Shanqi Jieyin and Yue Yun Wuhe Seal" to the album.

Those born on June 8 of the lunar calendar need to add "hibiscus umbrella, leaf shadow and orange stalk" to the album.

Those born in September+10 165438+ 10 of the lunar calendar need to add "Izumo pommel horse seal, Yue Yun dancing crane seal and mountain flag seal" to the album.

People born on 65438+February 65438+February 0 need to add "the seal with thorns, the seal of the ancient bamboo river and the seal of the bamboo sparrow" to the album. Ornaments, stone tablets, amulets and seals are the ternary geomantic omen bureau in geomantic omen, and they are indispensable. In ancient China, it was thought that this could keep happiness and make it come at an early date.

Types of happiness

Chinese and western philosophers have different opinions on the theory of happiness, and some hold that spiritual happiness is happiness; Some advocate that personal happiness is happiness; Some people argue that all happiness is happiness.

Wang Aijun, a well-known charity organization, described it this way:

A, western philosophers:

Democritus (460 ~ 370 BC) thought that the meaning of life should be based on happiness, so people should try to be happy and get rid of pain. And said: happiness is a matter of the soul, happiness does not lie in many livestock and gold, but in the soul of the gods. So Germany is called a hedonist.

(2) Socrates (470 ~ 399 BC) thought that goodness is knowledge, knowledge is virtue, and virtue is blessing. Therefore, Su advocates that the essence of life is the pursuit of happiness, and its method is to seek knowledge, do good deeds, and then be a happy person.

(3) Plato (427 ~ 347 BC) advocated that the purpose of life should stop at Summum Bonum, and the way was that Xiu De was good, and Xiu De was to cultivate people's wisdom, righteousness, courage and morality; Doing good is the golden mean. Finally, the human soul can be liberated and perfected. Only in this way can they be truly happy.

Philosophers in China: Philosophers in China are called happiness-oriented, including Yang Zhu and Mozi.

(A) Yang Zhu (440 ~ 360) advocated that the happiness of life is the pursuit of personal happiness. As he said: Is life also ridiculous? For Miho! For the sound! He also said: What do you want to hear, what do you want to see, what do you want to do with your nose, what do you want to say with your mouth, what do you want to do with your body, what do you want to do. He also said: it's a pity to get what you pay for. So Yang Zhu is called extreme personal indulgence.

(2) Mozi (about 468 ~ 376, or 479 ~ 38 1) advocates universal love, and the purpose of life is to seek the peace and happiness of the masses, just as he said: depending on the country of the people, if depending on its country; Treat others' homes as their own; Look at a person's body, if you look at his body. Therefore, the princes fell in love and stopped fighting. Lay people love each other and do not usurp power. When people love each other, they are not thieves. If I love each other, I will be loyal. Only when father and son love each other can they be filial. Only when brothers love each other can they be harmonious. Everyone in the world loves each other, and the strong do not hold the weak hostage, and the public does not rob the widowed. The rich do not bully the poor, and the noble are not humble. Therefore, Mozi is called the hedonism of the masses.

Happiness keywords: honesty and trust

Denmark has a long history of honesty, which is manifested in all aspects of life. People don't lie or cheat, which left a deep impression on reporters. For example, if you shop in a store, you can return it at will within one week with the invoice, without any reason, because the store completely trusts customers. Now that they have returned the goods, the goods must be defective. The reporter once bought a pair of shoes and wore them for more than two months. The buttons on the shoes fell off. Unexpectedly, the shoe store immediately changed a pair of new shoes for the reporter. They never suspected that the buttons on the shoes might have been dropped by customers. Therefore, Seren christiansen, 32, told the media: "In Denmark, I can walk on the road without worrying about deception and lies, which makes me feel very happy."

In addition, the integrity of Danish merchants is praised by the world, especially those involved in food safety, which do not fake and ensure people to enjoy a high-quality and safe life. There is an environmental protection model island-Samso, which is famous for producing green vegetables. In the supermarket, you don't have to worry that the supermarket will sell non-green food under the label of Samso. Moreover, the producers of Samso are trying to protect their original ecological land and will not use chemical pesticides to increase production. In addition, a person in charge of the supermarket told reporters that every egg, every bag of milk and every piece of bread they sold were printed with a shelf life, and all of them were recycled and destroyed after one day. Referring to the act of changing the shelf life without authorization, the person in charge said that they never thought about it at all, and only when the merchants said they would do it could people feel at ease. Based on the opinions of respondents from 15 countries, the report points out that money has little to do with happiness, and the key factors of people's happiness are "trust"-trust in friends and neighbors, and trust in public institutions, such as government, police and monarch. Dr. corrado explained: "People in countries with high happiness index generally trust their governments and laws, and there is also a high degree of trust among people. The current social situation in Britain is just the opposite. The government, the police and other public institutions are not trusted, and people in society are often in a state of mutual distrust. " The survey shows that Italians have the lowest trust in the government, and even wealthy Italians feel that their happiness is not high.

A symbol of happiness:

1. Four-leaf clover (clover)

The legendary four-leaf clover was brought to the world by Eve from heaven, and the flower language is true love. Alfalfa, a perennial herb, generally has only three leaflets, which are heart-shaped, and the darker part of the leaf center is also heart-shaped. The most interesting and special thing is that among100000 alfalfa plants, you may only find one four-leaf clover, because the probability is about one in 100000. Four-leaf clover is an internationally recognized symbol of luck. Each leaf has a different meaning and contains four things that people dream of: fame, wealth, love and health. If you have these things at the same time, you will be very lucky. The first leaf represents true love; The second leaf represents health; The third leaf represents glory; The fourth leaf represents wealth.

People always say that if you find a four-leaf clover, you will find happiness. That's because a leaf of clover represents hope; Two-leaf grass represents giving; Clover represents love; And the rare four-leaf clover is happiness. Clover means that even if you hope, give and love, you may not find happiness. Only with a four-leaf clover can you have real happiness. When I walk in a strange town with all my happiness, I believe I was happy at that time, even if I didn't find the four-leaf clover in my life …

The legendary four-leaf clover was brought to the world by Eve from the Garden of Eden in heaven, and the flower language is happiness. A four-leaf clover, also called alfalfa. Usually there are only three leaves, and the chance of finding four leaves is only one in ten thousand, which means happiness and providence; If you can find five leaves, you can even have the power to rule the earth. Only then will you have this chance. If you can find three pieces of lucky grass in succession in the grass (four leaves are called lucky grass), the first opposite sex you meet later is likely to become your prince charming. ...

Lucky clover (four-leaf clover): the clover of the first leaf is faith, the clover of the second leaf is hope, the clover of the third leaf is love, and the clover of the fourth leaf is luck. There is a beautiful legend about four-leaf clover! A long time ago, there was a pair of lovers who really loved each other and lived together in a beautiful peach forest. But because of a very small thing, they don't agree and don't give in to each other. Finally, one day, Cupid couldn't bear it any longer. He floated to Taolin, where they lived, and quietly told them that all parties would be in trouble. Only when the four-leaf clover is found in the deepest part of the peach forest can they be saved. After listening, they pretended to be indifferent. It rained that night. It was a rainstorm, but they were still secretly looking for a four-leaf clover for each other in the deepest part of Taoyuan. When they knew that the other person cared about themselves, they were moved and decided to let the four-leaf clover witness their love. Love laughed … this is a joke of God, because she didn't want happiness to come too easily. Only those who care about and cherish each other deserve happiness … four-leaf clover, the witness of love! !

2.lavender

In ancient Provence, there was a beautiful girl. One day, she was alone in the cold valley picking flowers in bud. On her way home, she met an injured traveler from far away and asked her for directions. The girl looked at the handsome young man affectionately with a bunch of flowers in her hand. At that moment, her heart was occupied by the young man's passionate smile. Despite the opposition of her family, the girl insisted that the young people stay in the guest room at home to heal until they recovered. As the days passed, the young man's leg injury had healed and their feelings quickly warmed up. On a cool morning, the young people wanted to say goodbye, but the girl didn't want her family's opposition to leave with the young people, and went to the hometown where the young people were full of roses in the distance ... The grandmother in the village held a bunch of lavender before the girl left, so that the spoony girl could test the sincerity of the young people with this bunch of lavender ... It is said that the aroma of lavender bouquets would make unclean things appear ... It was the morning when the valley was full of lavender. Just as the young man was holding the girl's hand and preparing for a long trip, the girl threw a bunch of lavender hidden in her coat on the young man. In this way, a purple light smoke gathered and dispersed ... There was a faint cold wind in the valley, like young people whispering ... I was your heart that wanted to travel ... leaving the girl lonely and depressed ... Some people said that before long, the girl disappeared.

The appearance of lavender represents love and commitment, just like its flower language, waiting for love. Happiness and happiness are * * * connected ... short-term happiness is happiness, long-term happiness is happiness ... For naive children, happiness is simple, smiling every day is easy to satisfy. But when you grow up, it is not so easy to be satisfied. Then we must adjust ourselves. People who can adjust themselves must be very powerful, because happiness is a feeling and happiness is a realm ... This is the true meaning of life, right? ...

What is happiness?

(1) Any happiness that anyone obtains has a premise, and that is desire.

(2) Any happiness that anyone obtains is obtained when he is eager to be satisfied or partially satisfied.

Therefore, happiness is the feeling when people's desires are satisfied or partially satisfied, and it is a kind of spiritual pleasure. Desire is a person's desire for something that is not easy to achieve. It is not difficult to understand that in our life, in newspaper articles, in movies and TV plays, every touching story about happiness is that the protagonist has a desire, and his desire is satisfied or partially satisfied before he gets happiness. Anyone's happiness comes directly from desire. No desire, no happiness.

Therefore, people's happiness comes from people's desires, not from the amount of material wealth they have. Because happiness comes from desire, not everything. Because it is difficult to have desire if you have everything, and it is difficult to have happiness if you have everything.